The General Planning Committee screwed up Comfest so bad, that even Mark Fisher quit and got "FUCKIT" plates for his car.

OR...the planning committee is trying to be proactive and minimize the impact of the event in the neighborhood, thereby ensuring the longterm viablity of the event in Goodale Park. Fisher stood in the way of a moving train and smartly got out of the way before being run over. Maybe if entertainment was more proactive many of these issues would not have come to a head now.

I don't think that is true about Mark, lots of organizers have been with ComFest for years and some for decades and it is difficult to work on a committee and maintain work and family. If you want to get a good feel for ComFest, just volunteer a shift and then multiply that by 365 days a year. Organizing in the most minimal fashion is work and demonstrates how much the organizers like and are dedicated to the Principles of ComFest.

The Community Festival Statement of PrinciplesWe think that people ought to work for the collective good of all people rather than for personal gain. We support cooperation and collective activity rather than competition and individual profit. The basic necessities of life are a right and not a privilege. People have the collective right to control the conditions of their lives.People should strive to conduct their lives in harmony with the environment.We recognize that there are primary attitudes which divide and oppress people. These attitudes are usually shown by prejudice against people on the basis of age, class, ability, income, race, sex and sexual preference/orientation. We seek to eliminate these attitudes.The Statement of Principles is more important than any other writings of the Community Festival.

The General Planning Committee screwed up Comfest so bad, that even Mark Fisher quit and got "FUCKIT" plates for his car.

OR...the planning committee is trying to be proactive and minimize the impact of the event in the neighborhood, thereby ensuring the longterm viablity of the event in Goodale Park. Fisher stood in the way of a moving train and smartly got out of the way before being run over. Maybe if entertainment was more proactive many of these issues would not have come to a head now.

I don't think that is true about Mark, lots of organizers have been with ComFest for years and some for decades and it is difficult to work on a committee and maintain work and family. If you want to get a good feel for ComFest, just volunteer a shift and then multiply that by 365 days a year. Organizing in the most minimal fashion is work and demonstrates how much the organizers like and are dedicated to the Principles of ComFest.

At the risk of encouraging seriousness in this thread, and with the full acknowledgment that I don't know nearly enough about what's going on to agree or disagree with anyone, I don't see how the latter part of your statement actually supports a denial of lazyfish's claim. Are you suggesting that Mark simply grew tired of the work?

For all you pet owners out there, the ComMittee™ has assigned a group of volunteers to patrol the park and hand out big awards for Best Dog Fight, Loudest Panting, and Best Use of an Animal as an Accessory! Prize packages include a free replacement pet and a Humane Society waiver.

I doubt they can run very quickly in those slung and strapped together Tripp pants. If the embryogoths try to toss you in the municipal meningitis pond, just use the standard embryogoth repellant. Scream "hey look out! Juggalos!"

Failing that, say to one of em:

"Hey, I remember you, you sat behind us at Lennox when my GF took me to see Twilight! You're the kid who cried!"

I just got my work schedule and I am fucked. Come grab me from the drive thru at Arby's on Brice Saturday night. I promise a whole unopened container of Arb-q sauce, an extra large popcorn bucket filled with curly fries and a shake.

I'm kidknapping any kid under 20, strapping them to a chair, and make them ask Gabor Klein for advice on starting a band. Then when that 2 hour session is done, Kim Fowley will appear in a purple mist and help me dunk them in the port-a-john shit hole until they sing Cherry Bomb exactly right.

I'm kidknapping any kid under 20, strapping them to a chair, and make them ask Gabor Klein for advice on starting a band. Then when that 2 hour session is done, Kim Fowley will appear in a purple mist and help me dunk them in the port-a-john shit hole until they sing Cherry Bomb exactly right.

I'm kidknapping any kid under 20, strapping them to a chair, and make them ask Gabor Klein for advice on starting a band. Then when that 2 hour session is done, Kim Fowley will appear in a purple mist and help me dunk them in the port-a-john shit hole until they sing Cherry Bomb exactly right.

I'm kidknapping any kid under 20, strapping them to a chair, and make them ask Gabor Klein for advice on starting a band. Then when that 2 hour session is done, Kim Fowley will appear in a purple mist and help me dunk them in the port-a-john shit hole until they sing Cherry Bomb exactly right.

I'm kidknapping any kid under 20, strapping them to a chair, and make them ask Gabor Klein for advice on starting a band. Then when that 2 hour session is done, Kim Fowley will appear in a purple mist and help me dunk them in the port-a-john shit hole until they sing Cherry Bomb exactly right.

So you're just taking the kids to those workshops?

I am the workshops.

I also plan on finding all drum circles and forcing them to form drum squares instead. Then I will push them down like dominoes, pee on them while reciting bad poetry and then proceed to steal all the drums so I can add them to the Voltron Drum Hate Collective, which will in turn crush the Gazebo stage into splinters, and become the Black Metal Stage.